Julia Hayter is Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Edgemont in the 2023 Alberta general election.[3]
Julia Hayter | |
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 Hayter in 2023 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Edgemont | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Prasad Panda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 28, 1974[1] |
| Party | NDP |
| Education | College of New Caledonia |
| Occupation | Education assistant[2] |
Life and career
editHayter received a developmental disability certificate from the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, British Columbia.
Hayter has worked extensively on election campaigns around the Calgary area, as well as having worked as a constituency assistant for a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.[4]
Work in the community
editMLA Hayter has an ongoing period poverty drive raising awareness for menstrual inequality. âAccess to period products is a basic necessity and should not be considered a luxury.â[5]
Provincial politics
editDuring the Fall sitting of the 31st legislative session, Hayter sponsored Motion 503, which addressed universal access to free prescription contraception. Hayter introduced Bill 208, The Psycho-Educational Assessment Act[6]Â The bill was intended to address issues relating to access to psycho-educational assessments by creating a school psychological services committee.
Electoral history
edit| 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Edgemont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Julia Hayter | 11,681 | 49.30 | +15.27 | ||||
| United Conservative | Prasad Panda | 11,397 | 48.10 | -4.75 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Allen Schultz | 488 | 2.06 | -8.82 | ||||
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Nan Barron | 66 | 0.28 | â | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Miles Williams | 64 | 0.27 | â | ||||
| Total | 23,696 | 99.23 | â | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 184 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,880 | 65.75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 36,322 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +10.01 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Edgemont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Prasad Panda | 13,308 | 52.84 | -3.19 | $60,021 | |||
| New Democratic | Julia Hayter | 8,570 | 34.03 | +0.53 | $40,725 | |||
| Alberta Party | Joanne Gui | 2,740 | 10.88 | +9.12 | $39,339 | |||
| Liberal | Graeme Maitland | 305 | 1.21 | -5.15 | $500 | |||
| Green | Carl Svoboda | 155 | 0.62 | -1.57 | $500 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Tomasz Kochanowicz | 106 | 0.42 | â | $852 | |||
| Total | 25,184 | 98.83 | â | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 299 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,483 | 70.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 36,346 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -1.86 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[8][9][10] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
References
edit- â @albertaNDP (November 28, 2023). "Happy birthday Julia! Help her celebrate by making a donation to Calgary-Edgemont! Your contribution goes a long way in helping the Alberta NDP make positive change happen here in Calgary and across the province đ https://act.albertandp.ca/donate/cedg" (Tweet) â via X (formerly Twitter).
- â "Julia Hayter". Alberta's NDP.
- â "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Edgemont | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- â "Ms Julia Hayter Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- â Hayter, Julia; Kotadia, Ziyana (March 7, 2024). "Opinion: It's time for Alberta to tackle period poverty". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
- â Bruch, Timm (May 8, 2024). "Improving psycho-educational assessment access in Alberta the focus of new bill". CTV News. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- â "08 - Calgary-Edgemont". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- â "08 - Calgary-Edgemont, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- â Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 31â34. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- â Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68â82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.